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RebelGrrl
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I'm curious to know who else is gonna be here. It was a hotel added later and seems very 2-star, but how much time are we going to spend in our rooms, anyway? 
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SkottASkywalker
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Hi, RebelGrrl. Me and my wife are staying at the Ritz Milner Los Angeles from May 23rd through May 28th. We are coming from Greenwood, Indiana. 
As you alluded to, me and my wife don't plan on spending much time at our hotel. 
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Obey Wann
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I'll be there with some guys from Denver. We moved to the Ritz after getting kicked out of the Fig by Uno. 
All I want to know is: How is the hot tub, and how late is it open? 
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RebelGrrl
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SkottASkywalker, I'm flying in from Indiana, too. Kokomo via Indianapolis, except on the 24th. My flight is way early in the morning.
Obey Wan, I'm not sure that the Milner has a hot tub.
Here's the website for the hotel: http://www.milner-hotels.com/la/index.html
Here's what CIV Housing has: http://www.cmrhousing.com/genc_1i/hotel-list.asp#H13
From research on the hotel from reviews on the web, most people say that the American Breakfast offered is a voucher for a full breakfast across the street at IHOP. Totally okay with me!
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Obey Wann
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Breakfast at IHOP works for me.
And I called and confirmed that they have no pool and hot tub. 
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RebelGrrl
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Okay, update!
On TripAdvisor, there's a review posted April 23, 2007 that states that the free breakfast is now 'in-house' and not at IHOP. They must have gotten the restaurant running.
According to the review on the same site posted in November, the hotel also allowed guests to check in early, and willingly held their bags after check-out for the day. The November review also showed guest-taken pictures of a clean room and bathroom with no visible damage.
There's a lot of bad reviews, but I think some of them were expecting more than a two-star hotel and didn't account for the building being an older building than the new fancy hotels in the area.
The TripAdvisor info is here: http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g32655-d249692-r7417839-Ritz_Milner_Hotel-Los_Angeles_California.html
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RebelGrrl posted:
SkottASkywalker, I'm flying in from Indiana, too. Kokomo via Indianapolis, except on the 24th. My flight is way early in the morning.
Another STAR WARS fan from Indiana.
Me and my wife leave Indianapolis at 5:59AM EDT and fly to Atlanta and then to Los Angeles, arriving in Los Angeles at 11:25AM PDT, all on the 23rd.
We leave Los Angeles at 10:00PM PDT on the 28th and fly straight to Indianapolis, arriving in Indianapolis at 5:00AM EDT on the 29th.
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I'm staying at the Ritz the nights of the 23rd and 24th. Coming all the way from Alaska.
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RebelGrrl
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Ouch! Going through Atlanta sounds painful. You must be on Delta?
See, I nabbed a direct flight on Northwest from IND to LAX. $220 or so before tax & fees. I leave at 7:20a EDT and arrive at 8:44a PDT, in time to get things settled for the free fan club day. Paying a bit extra for a direct flight seemed worth it to me. Of course, the last time I flew to CA a few years ago, the prices were almost double.
I'm not leaving until the Tuesday after the con, in the late afternoon.
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I'm staying at the Ritz Milner with my boyfriend.
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MajinKaze posted:
I'm staying at the Ritz the nights of the 23rd and 24th. Coming all the way from Alaska.
That's weird Majin. So am I. Well thos are the nighte I'll be there. Not coming from Alaska. Then from there I move over to the Holiday Inn across the street. Hey does anyone feel like getting together in the Ritz hotel bar or something the night of the 23rd?
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ardavenport
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Atlanta is not so bad for changing planes, even when it's crowded. The layout of it is pretty straightforward. LAX, OTOH is not so simple. I pretty much have a choice of changing planes in Atlanta or Atlanta, but I can get direct from there.
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MajinKaze
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MrSkinnee posted:
MajinKaze posted:
I'm staying at the Ritz the nights of the 23rd and 24th. Coming all the way from Alaska.
That's weird Majin. So am I. Well thos are the nighte I'll be there. Not coming from Alaska. Then from there I move over to the Holiday Inn across the street. Hey does anyone feel like getting together in the Ritz hotel bar or something the night of the 23rd?
That wouldn't be too bad. I just don't know when exactly I'll be coming back to the hotel because I'm meeting some people that day.
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Well, I'm staying at the Ritz too... but from what I understand, the pavement outside is more comfortable than the rooms... and smells better.
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RebelGrrl
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I've read reviews on both ends of the scale. Expect the least: a place to crash for the night. I think we'll all be pleasantly surprised with our expectations exceeded. The most recent reviews I've read have been far better, so it seems the place is improving.
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I think that all of downtown LA is a work in progress. The Ritz-Milner is acceptable. I'm really just looking for a place to crash for CIV. If I were doing any other LA things for vacation then I might have picked something more upscale. And there's an IHOP across the street.
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